Abstract: A hybrid system environment includes a proprietary operating system and processing unit and a non-proprietary operating system (UNIX based) and processing unit. The systems tightly couple to a system bus in common with a main memory and a number of multiline communications controllers and communicate through a common area of main memory. The UNIX terminal connections to such controllers are virtual connections applied by a virtual terminal driver through the system proprietary communications software components. These components include a server, a network terminal driver (NTD) and a number of multiplexer driver modules. A multiplexer physical terminal driver is included in the UNIX-based operating system and a switching mechanism is incorporated into the virtual terminal driver for enabling switching to such physical terminal driver when a user switches via a switch command to the UNIX-based operating system.

Abstract: A method for runnerless injection molding of a synthetic resin, provided with a novel valve gate for performing intermittent temperature control to forcibly change the property of a molten or solidified resin material adjacent to the gate, capable of performing a precision molding operation without leaving an improper gate mark. The apparatus therefor comprises a runner 3 with a temperature maintaining means for storing a molten resin and forming an injection passage, a gate 1 in communication with a cavity 2 connected to the end of the runner 3, a valve pin 4 enclosed within the runner 3, and an intermittent temperature control assembly P.

Abstract: A parabolic reflector and an inclined planar light reflector in a cathodoluminescence detector are integrated with a set of photo-sensitive solid-state detector cells mounted in quadrature on a supporting plate, and supported by an electron microscope vacuum chamber specimen stage adaptor unit. Designed for CL emission operation in an electron microscope, the parabolic light reflector, the inclined planar light reflector and the photo-sensitive, solid-state detector cells are optically aligned and mechanically combined through the supporting plate of the detector cells. A readily exchangeable unit is thus obtained. The unit is further supported by the specimen stage adaptor unit so as to obtain a mechanical unit which can easily be mounted in and removed from any standard electron microscope vacuum chamber stage as a single integrated unit.

Abstract: Addition of certain tryptophan analogs to the culture medium during fermentation of a rebeccamycin-producing strain of Saccharothrix aerocolonigenes results in production of new rebeccamycin analogs having advantageous antitumor properties.

Abstract: A method for the determination of protein and creatinine in urine. An organic acid, in the form of its lithium salt, is dried onto a suitable substrate in the second reaction zone of a reaction vessel having a first reaction zone for the immunometric determination of the protein and a second reaction zone for the colorimetric determination of creatinine. After completion of the immunometric determination of the protein the dried organic salt is contacted with the urine containing creatinine resulting in solubilization of the organic acid salt as creatinine reactive reagent thereby facilitating the colorimetric determination of the creatinine.

Abstract: Apparatus is provided for use in an Input/Output (I/O) subsystem. The I/O subsystem is coupled to a serial data transfer medium that transmits data from a sender to a recipient. The I/O subsystem processes a frame comprising user defined data and frame control data. The frame is received over the serial data transfer medium. The apparatus includes a mechanism for receiving and validating the frame from the serial data transfer medium. The receiving mechanism transmits the user defined data to a first-in, first-out (FIFO) buffer. A mechanism is provided for forming a block header. The block header comprises control data that are used by the recipient of the user defined data. The block header forming mechanism is distinct from the FIFO buffer. A switching mechanism is coupled to receive the block header and a subset of the user defined data. The recipient has a parallel storage medium.

Abstract: A halogenated aluminum-based cocatalyst provides a metathesis catalyst system with high activity, moisture insensitivity, and long pot lives. The cocatalyst can be employed in solution or in in-mold bulk polymerization processes.

Abstract: An ultrasonic sensor having a polarization maintaining fibre including two orthogonal linear principal axes and a straight sensing portion. A laser source directs a beam through a quarter wave plate to provide a circularly polarized beam to an input end of the fibre. The beam emerging from an output end of the fibre is directed to a linear polarizer and the intensity of the beam is detected by a photodetector. A signal processor thereafter generates suitable driving signals for a display unit indicative of mode coupling induced in the fibre by incident ultrasonic waves.

Abstract: Thermal dye transfer receiving elements are disclosed comprising a base having thereon a dye image-receiving layer, the base comprising a composite film laminated to a support, the dye image-receiving layer being on the composite film side of the base. The composite film comprises a microvoided thermoplastic core layer and at least one substantially void-free thermoplastic surface (skin) layer, and wherein there is a subbing layer between the thermoplastic surface layer and the dye image-receiving layer, the subbing layer comprising gelatin and titanium dioxide.

Abstract: A grounding arrangement for a protector includes an arrester device having two conducting points for connecting to inlet prongs and a grounding point having a protruding rod for connecting to a grounding prong, an arrester holder for receiving the arrester device and having two longitudinal extension portions for connecting with the two conducting points, and a tin bit provided for electrically connecting the holder and the grounding point of the arrester device and isolating the holder and two conducting point of the arrester device.

Abstract: A multibit shifting apparatus (50) of a data processor (40) includes a multiplier (55) such as a modified Booth's recoded multiplier for use in normal multiplication operations. The multibit shifting apparatus (50) also uses the multiplier (55) to perform programmable left and right shifts in order to save circuit area. During a shift operation, a remapping circuit (54) receives a shift count, and remaps the shift count according to a shift direction to provide a remapped signal. The multiplier (55) receives both a shift operand and the remapped signal at inputs thereof. The multiplier (55) provides a first shift result at its output. In one embodiment, an output shifter (57) shifts the first shift result by a fixed amount selectively according to the shift direction to provide a second shift result. The second shift result includes outputs of both left and right shifts in common bit positions.

Abstract: A printing stamp comprises a housing 9, a stamp mounting member 12 slidably mounted within the housing for movement between an inoperative position and a printing position, an operating member 11 for moving the stamp mounting member from its inoperative position to its printing position against the urging force of a spring 19 and a handle 10 connected to the operating member. The handle is releasably connected to the operating member such as by a slidable friction fit in order that the handle can be removed to allow the stamp to be more easily transported to points-of-need.

Abstract: A food storage and delivery device is formed of a reservoir for food items, a holding and transferring section situated adjacent to the reservoir, an ascending section for moving the holding and transferring section, and a controlling section for controlling the device. After positioning the holding and transferring section to one side of the storage and delivery sections at a predetermined vertical level by means of the ascending section based on a delivery command, the food item is delivered from the storage and delivery section to the holding and transferring section to hold the food item temporarily. After positioning the holding and transferring section to a vertical level corresponding to a delivery portion, the temporarily held food item is delivered to the delivery portion. The food items can be automatically and quickly delivered.

Abstract: A combined multiplier/shifter (150) uses an existing high-speed multiplier to perform both multiplies and programmable left and right shifts without a dedicated high-speed shifter. A shift decoder (160) used in a shift mode provides first recoded signals according to a shift count and a shift direction. A recoder (161) recodes a multiplier input in a multiply mode to provide second recoded signals. A multiplier array (163) receives either a multiplicand or a shift operand at its multiplicand input, and uses either the first or second recoded signals selectively according to the mode. An output of the multiplier array (163) is either a product in the multiply mode or a first shift result in the shift mode. An output shifter (157) selectively adjusts the first shift result according to the shift direction to provide a second, final shift result.

Abstract: A storage and delivery device for packed foods retained in containers is formed of a plurality of shelf cases each having a plurality of vertically oriented shelves for retaining the containers thereon, a storage shed for retaining the shelf cases therein and having a cyclic-moving device for cyclically moving the shelf cases horizontally along a horizontal closed loop, a processing device for processing the packed foods in the containers, and a robot. When an order is received, the robot takes out the container from the shelf of the shelf case and transfers the container to the processing device for processing the packed food. A storage room retains the storage shed, the processing device and the robot. The containers with the foods can be stored and automatically delivered after processing.

Abstract: A power entry module of small size which can be mounted in a minimum size opening and which can also be provided with end or side extenders so that it can be mounted in larger openings. Alternately, a flange may be connected to the unit. A plug in filter unit and/or a plug in interconnection unit and/or a plug in surge suppressor unit can also be connected to the basic unit.

Abstract: An integrated circuit (40) has a low-power mode in which at least one switched inverter stage (60) of a clock amplifier (41) is disabled in response to a stop signal. The stop signal indicates that the integrated circuit (40) is in low-power mode. In one embodiment, each switched inverter stage is a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) switched inverter (60), in which an additional P-channel transistor (61) is connected between the source of an inverter P-channel transistor (62) and a positive power supply voltage terminal, and in which an additional N-channel transistor (64) is connected between a source of an inverter N-channel transistor (63) and a negative power supply voltage terminal. A non-switched inverter stage (52) remains active during low-power mode to maintain a DC value of a clock input signal near a switchpoint of the clock amplifier (41).

Abstract: A hydroplaning detecting system comprises wheel rotational speed detecting apparatus for detecting a wheel rotational speed of a wheel of a vehicle, reference pattern storage apparatus for previously storing a reference pattern of wheel rotational speed which varies over a period of time and is characteristic of hydroplaning generation, actual variation pattern extracting apparatus for extracting a actual variation in the wheel rotational speed over a period of time, and judgment apparatus for judging the matching between the reference pattern and the actual variation pattern. Thus, this hydroplaning detecting system is capable of accurately detecting the generation of hydroplaning.

Abstract: A frame which is configured by means of a number of extrusions, a number of links, a number of bolts, a number of nuts and a number of nut positioners. Each link defines a number of holes. Each extrusion defines at least one longitudinal channel being cruciform as shown in a cross-sectional view taken on a plane intersecting the extrusion. Each nut positioner defines a recess so that the nuts are kept from rotating in the recess and a profile so that it can be positioned at any desired point in the channels. A number of bolts are inserted through the holes formed in each link and further secured in the nuts retained in the channels formed in a number of extrusions. Each link can be attached to a number of extrusions. Thus, a frame can be configured by means of a number of extrusions.

Abstract: A hybrid system environment includes a proprietary operating system and processing unit and a non-proprietary operating system (UNIX based) and processing unit tightly coupled to a system bus in common with a main memory and a plurality of controllers which include a number of multiline communications controllers and communicates through a common area of main memory. Terminal connections to the communications controllers for virtual terminal processing are made through a UNIX virtual terminal driver and system proprietary communications software components which include a server, network terminal driver (NTD) and multiplexer driver modules. The UNIX based operating system further includes a multiplexer terminal driver and a switching mechanism which is included within the virtual terminal driver. The mechanism enables switching from virtual terminal processing to direct terminal processing wherein communications is established between the multiplexer terminal driver and the communications controllers.